A Trail Blazers trade that would bring a superstar to Portland and improve the team’s (maybe more importantly, Damian Lillard’s) chances at competing for an NBA championship appears to be the play for general manager Joe Cronin this summer.
Whether that’s a two-way wing like Boston’s Jaylen Brown or a proven, title-winning second banana like Toronto’s Pascal Siakam, the Blazers’ offseason has so far been overrun with the idea of acquiring a player who would significantly move the competitive needle.
But there’s an often-neglected potential issue with the entire idea: money.